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I had a BlueParrott headset that I really liked, but it was 6 years old and finally gave up the ghost. I really wanted a stereo bluetooth headset this time, but there are almost none available with a noise cancelling boom mic. The BlueTiger brand stereo headset is $180. BlueParrott doesn’t even make a stereo model.

Looking around on Amazon, I came across this BH-M20 headset. It’s a knock-off with the name “Blue Tiger” on it. The reviews were a bit mixed, but I figured for the money it was worth a try.

Shockingly, these cheap bluetooth headphones are actually really good. A little on the tinny side for music, but fine for background music while I work. The noise cancelling mic works surprisingly well — I stood next to our washing machine on spin cycle while talking to someone and they said they could only hear me. I can listen to Spotify while I work and answer my cell with good sound quality. The dual headphone block out more ambient noise than a single headphone too.

Although it’s not listed in the manual, it can support two devices, but it appears to support one in A2DP (stereo) and one in phone audio (mono) mode. In any case, I just hook it to my LG G3 smartphone and use that exclusively.

You’ll see this headset under a number of “brand names” on Amazon, but the actual model number is BH-M20. The best price I’ve found on Amazon Prime is this AGPTek version for just $26.99. For the money, it’s quite impressive.